In this lively and engaging reminiscence, eminent economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen recalls his college days in Calcutta in the 1950s, and his subsequent joining of the economics department of the fledgling Jadavpur University a few years later. The text of this volume is based on a public lecture delivered by Amartya Sen at Gandhi Bhaban, Jadavpur University, on 5 July 2019.